#5E287D#5E287D

#5E287D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.142 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E287D
RGB	rgb(94, 40, 125)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 68%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.79, 39.80, -38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.79, 55.11, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0926 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.142 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0759, 5.3781, 19.9580)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E287D #477D28

analogous

#34287D #5E287D #7D2871

triadic

#5E287D #7D5E28 #287D5E

tetradic

#5E287D #7D3428 #477D28 #28717D

square

#5E287D #7D3428 #477D28 #28717D

split-complementary

#5E287D #717D28 #287D34

monochromatic

#180A20 #3B194F #5E287D #8137AB #9F56C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#5E287D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5E287D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E287D

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E287D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E287D	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D437B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e287d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 40, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.142 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66a3',
    500: '#5e287d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e287d;
$custom-light: #8f66a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e287d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.118,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3948,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E287D

secondary

#74AE53

accent

#DB4D81

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E287D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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